The Saturday volunteers have been making progress in clearing the last bit of the walled garden and today Sam and Tom helped too…. digging out brambles and bracken and clearing back to the foundations of the old greenhouses. Heavy work, but at least ...

Volunteers took time today to contemplate the loss of a couple of large branches from the Cedar of Lebanon at the entrance to the Garden, as well as some other damage in the Gardens. Phenology, the scientific study of seasonal changes, in action as it wer ...

Raking up leaves is easy and enjoyable when frosts have brought them all down with a rush and many volunteers are on hand to share the picking up and taking of them to the leaf mould bin, where David is ensuring that they are packed down well and that the ...

The viewing platform at the bottom of the Glade was finished today and was a beautiful, contemplative spot to experience the end of a glorious sunny day. And what were those thoughts? That volunteers, with a wealth of practical skills and teamwork, can to ...

Today we talked about restoration of stonework in the Italian Garden with Angharad, Conservation Officer at Uttlesford District Council. Peto’s design used ham stone from Somerset for the
balustrades and stairways into the garden and the area around ...

The day started cold but we were then warmed by the sun. Volunteers started an overhaul of the Italian Garden – as we have found Junipers difficult to establish in our current climate, many have been removed, but will be replaced …. ; and othe ...

This week Claire introduced new volunteers, Annie and Lynne, to the Mulberry tree, as part of their first tour of the Gardens and then they got down to work in the Italian Garden, digging up unwanted plants to make way for new ones.
Autumn/winter maintena ...

Our redesigned website brings you a wealth of up to date photos of the Gardens, and we will now be able to change them readily as we continue to restore the Gardens. The web redesign was carried out for us by a local young entrepreneur and with part fundi ...

The old viewing platform has a view but not much else!
The off-season will see it rebuilt, so once again visitors can dawdle there, watch the coots build their nests, admire the water lilies, and if they are lucky, perhaps see someone from Dunmow Fishing ...